Home Video: 'Dark Shadows' and princesses

4:10 PM,
Oct. 2, 2012

Johnny Depp appears in a scene from the motion picture "Dark Shadows."

Written by

Todd Hill
CentralOhio.com

Far be it for this column to suggest anyone avoid the cineplex for the lesser, cheaper pleasures of home video. After all, our big-screen offerings are finally starting to show some signs of improvement after a long fallow spell. But this is a prime week for video, with plenty of reasonably decent flicks worthy of a rental or download. As far as the older releases are concerned, princessy titles predominate in one of those weird juxtapositions that feels too coincidental to be incidental.NEW MOVIES